Background: Most cases of sudden blindness are due to vascular causes. Ischemic optic neuropathy is a rare cause of blindness reported most commonly in association with collagen-vascular diseases, infectious processes, and systemic hypotension related to massive exsanguinating he...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1000
Objectives: Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is associated with abnormalities of the B-Cell Receptor (BCR) signalling, including low responsiveness to antigenic stimulation and constitutive phosphorylation of several components of the signalling pathway. In B-cells, BCR-mediat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/944
Of the approximately 9 million children under the age of 5 yr that die annually in developing nations, about 5.1 million will die from preventable infectious diseases. This disastrous human and economic loss is caused in large part by three types of acute diarrhea and attendant r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/882
Aim: To investigate anti-hyperlipidemic activity of methanol leaf extract of Persea americana (MEPA) in cholesterol-induced hyperlipidemic rats. Methodology: The animals were randomly divided into five groups of 5 rats each. Group1 served as the normal control (NC) and received d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/933
Aim: To compare the efficacy and safety of ferrous ascorbate and colloidal iron in children with iron deficiency anemia. Study Design: An open, randomized, comparative, parallel-group study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatric Medicine of ‘Nilratan Sircar Medical...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/900
Aims: To evaluate the efficiency of two potential Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) heat shock proteins (Hsps) towards the improvement of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) diagnosis. Study Design: The patients were divided into TBM (confirmed and suspected) and non TBM group. The cer...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1002
Aims: Xenograft models, namely heterotransplantation of human cancer cells or tumor biopsies into immunodeficient rodents are the major preclinical approach for the development of novel cancer therapeutics. However, in these models the animals must be used only after the severe s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1072
Aim: To study the problem of ARI (Acute respiratory tract infection) according to IMCI (integrated management of childhood illness) guidelines and find its relation with different related factors. Study Design: Cross sectional study followed by comparative study to the different...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1038
Purpose: To clarify the origin of a metallic intraocular foreign body (IOFB) due to a firecracker injury and to show the utility of X-ray diffraction analysis in the identification process. Methods: Interventional case report using X-ray diffraction technique. Results: We report...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1016
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of regulatory RNAs that control the expression of genes critical to cell function. Ectopic expression of miRNAs has been shown to result in genome-wide changes in patterns of gene expression. While the reasons for these global alterations in gene ex...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/804